News Article: Carbo back in coaching. New League forming.
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Pompeius Magnus
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25-ish years after the Montreal Roadrunners of roller hockey fame, here comes another gimmick league with a former Hab great as head coach. History really is a cyclical thing 
Adam Michaels
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That Guy will be a coach is new. The league was confirmed months ago.
Adam Michaels
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25-ish years after the Montreal Roadrunners of roller hockey fame, here comes another gimmick league with a former Hab great as head coach. History really is a cyclical thing
Oh man, do the Roadrunners bring back memories:
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I remember my fist try at stopping while playing roller hockey for the first time. I will never fly 20 feet under my own power again...25-ish years after the Montreal Roadrunners of roller hockey fame, here comes another gimmick league with a former Hab great as head coach. History really is a cyclical thing
Pompeius Magnus
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I watched it pretty religiously back in the day ! I actually have fond memories of it, the games themselve were surprisingly fun.
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Same here. Not religiously. But I would watch it often.
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Lol roller hockey. I think tiger Williams coached the team in my neck of the woods.
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Gimmick 3 on 3 ice hockey league. 
I wonder what kind of players will play there. Fast skater with good stamina will be a premium. I wonder if they will poach some of the skilled players from the SPHL, FHL and LNAH?
Maybe even an ECHLer or two.
I wonder what kind of players will play there. Fast skater with good stamina will be a premium. I wonder if they will poach some of the skilled players from the SPHL, FHL and LNAH?
Maybe even an ECHLer or two.
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Gimmick 3 on 3 ice hockey league.
I wonder what kind of players will play there. Fast skater with good stamina will be a premium. I wonder if they will poach some of the skilled players from the SPHL, FHL and LNAH?
Maybe even an ECHLer or two.
It depends how good the money will be.
Considering each team will have 6-8 skaters (6 dressed) and 1-2 goalies (compared to a 20+ roster for most league), money could go up fast for the players.
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Skip Bayless
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I never understood why Carbo never got a job even as an assistant after his head coach tenure with the habs. Am I missing something? Doesn't he have a better record than Mueller?
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With 6 players you have to be in very good shape. Guys like Alexandre Burrows is perfectly suited for roller hockey.Gimmick 3 on 3 ice hockey league.
I wonder what kind of players will play there. Fast skater with good stamina will be a premium. I wonder if they will poach some of the skilled players from the SPHL, FHL and LNAH?
Maybe even an ECHLer or two.
If you have a bad game, your team is f***ed.
Seems like awfully small rosters. Should have at least 6 forwards and 3 d's.
Pompeius Magnus
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The boring but probably accurate answer might just be that he didn't want to coach all that bad to begin with. I don't think he needs it financially and he's got a pretty comfortable job being a talking head on TV with little to no stress. This 3 on 3 thing is probably just something he'll do for fun and won't be a big commitment time wise.
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He was terrible and I said when he was fired he would never get another NHL Head coaching job.
Seriously, the best thing this guy did as a coach was wear a tie.
wAS BETTER THAN THE LAST 2 BOZO'S WE GOT STUCK WITH. Ooops, caps lock.
Skip Bayless
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Then again you say a lot of things.
I rate him better than Therrien tbh. Had a good record with a patched up team and had a good track record as an assistant.
Now that I recall I remember hearing that he'd only come back as a head coach in the NHL and declined many assistant offers. So I think the door closed on him.
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WatchfulElm
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He was a very good player and his teams were pretty successful as a coach. But he was a bad communicator and I think the players didn't like that. In the modern NHL, coaches need to be able to communicate more than ever.
Based on record only, you'd think he was the best coach Habs got in the last 15-20 years. I actually think he was the worst, and just happened to have a good team playing for him, that was also lifted by the momentum of having a new coach with a big name... but that all crumbles when reality set in.
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Meh, I don't think he was worse than your average NHL coach who gets a ton of flack at the end of his tenure. I think Therrien on his second run was the worst and he got fired with the team in 1st place. So yeah, I agree that records don't show the entire picture.
If I remember correctly, Carbo refused an assistant coach gig and refused to coach at lower levels as well. I think that sends worse signals than his tenure with the habs.
Ultimately I think the habs were overachievers under both of those guys, none of those teams could play 5 on 5 hockey. But the media convinced a huge chunk of the fan base that they were much better than what they truly were, and that the coaches ruined everything.
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